📅 6/14 @ noon PT - Automating gr2m/helpdesk, Episode VI

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💁🏻 Automating gr2m/helpdesk, Episode VI
📅 Monday, June 14, 2021
🕐 12:00pm Pacific Time (in your timezone)
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🏷️ Automation

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Automating gr2m/helpdesk, Episode VI

I've laid out the current process for this repository at https://github.com/gr2m/helpdesk/tree/f085060fb98f61a005c9e79df15fdad6466c6a1a#how-i-use-this-repository. It's mostly manual. Time to spice it up a bit with some automation!

Outline

1. Quick recap what was automated so far
2. Automatically comment on show issues when it goes live

Preparation

• 30 minute announcement tweet
• start of show tweet
• comment on issue
• recording available tweet

Recording

Shownotes

I created a script that loads all upcoming shows from this repositories issues and turns them into aUTC Cron schedule expressions. I then pass these expressions to the Set Cron Schedule Action. That means I know have a workflow which will always be triggered at the exact time when a show starts.

• Set Cron Schedule Action: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/set-cron-schedule
• Pull request for this show: feat: set cron schedule for handle-show-start.yml workflow on show issue updates #28
• The new handle-show-start.yml workflow

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Show is now on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/QrIotO8vbxk

Feel free to ask more questions if you have any